Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

"It's late, Bai Shao, please show the guests out." Anan stood up, without even looking at Ma, and turned to go into the inner courtyard.

Seeing that she was about to lose her last chance, Ma immediately stood up and chased after him, saying hastily, "After your mother-in-law passed away, the Earl's Mansion hastily sent away everyone in her courtyard. There must be something fishy going on!"

Anan stopped, turned around to look at her, and listened to her carefully.

"If you don't want to hide something, why do you do this?" Ma had long known Anan's shrewdness, and even if she didn't tell the truth, she would not hold back, so she hurriedly said, "Think about it carefully, Ze'er was only seven years old at the time, and Yuan'er was only two years old. The people in that courtyard had watched them grow up. When their mother passed away, they needed people to take care of them the most. Why were they in a hurry to send everyone away?"

"There are too many such things in a big mansion, but most people would never hand the child over to a complete stranger if they were dissatisfied with the old one and had some concerns! What's more, Yuan'er still needs a wet nurse to take care of him!" Ma stepped forward and looked at Anan's face anxiously, trying to see some concerns in her eyes.

Finally, Anan looked up at her, restored his usual gentle and warm smile, and whispered: "Madam, thank you for telling me these things. Go back and pack your things, and go to the prison to see Master Hong later tomorrow night!"

"This..." Ma couldn't understand what Anan meant for a moment and looked at her hesitantly.

Anan just said, "Madam, please go and see the Second Master first, maybe he can remember something else."

After saying that, she turned and went into the inner room, leaving Ma standing alone in the room, feeling confused.

"Madam, what should we do?" The nanny was anxious and supported her.

"Do as she says." Ma smiled bitterly. Now, she no longer has any choice.

Back in the bedroom, Anan took off his cloak, took a sip of the hot tea handed to him by Jiang Li, and then said to Bai Shao quietly, "Go call Jiuling over."

"Miss, are you so angry that you're confused?" Bai Shao asked, "My son-in-law hasn't come back yet, where can I find Jiuling?"

"He's hanging on the tree outside." She was very familiar with this operation.

Bai Shao was stunned for a moment, and hurried out. But in the blink of an eye, Jiu Ling came in, with a look of disbelief on his face, and asked in a soft voice, "How did Madam know that I was in the room?"

"It's not important." Anan looked up at him and gave him a few instructions in a deep voice.

Jiuling nodded silently and turned to leave.

Besides, Ma knew that if any word of this matter was leaked, it would bring disaster, so she did not dare to inform the third wife. She just packed up her things and took her two sons to the Jinyiwei prison.

Since her husband was arrested, they have come to the Jinyiwei prison many times, but have never been allowed to enter.

This time it went quite smoothly. We just explained our identities and purpose at the door, and the other party readily made way and let us in.

Although the two sons of the second wife had asked Hong Shilang to find them jobs early on, they were not important. They had never seen such a scene before. Just seeing the various torture chambers in the prison and the smell of blood in the air made their legs go weak.

The mother and her two sons supported each other and were led by several prison guards to a spacious cell. Hong Shixian, who had not been seen for many days, was lying on a clean wooden bed, wearing a very clean white undershirt. There was a small window high above the bed, through which sunlight shone, making the whole room bright.